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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KeviniswhoIam, post: 4847606, member: 94430&quot;]I have only been collecting ancients for a year or so, have managed to win a couple coins at auction.....There&#039;s no real rhyme or reason as to what I buy.....I go through the auction catalog, or at the coin show, and look for coins that I like, simple as that! There are sometimes coins I see that basically hit me as &quot;I gotta have that!&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also enjoy taking pictures of my acquisitions, as I feel its a challenge to photograph a coin and portray it in its &quot;in-hand&quot; colour. And herein lies my dilemma...</p><p>Encapsulated Coins are quite hard to photograph, and you also have the standoffs in the case to deal with....they mess up my floating coin effect (although I understand many of you hate the prettied up coin pictures). BUT, as a newbie, I find encapsulation to be nice in that I know WHAT the coin is, as well as having something in the future that has less &quot;its a fake!&quot; opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>My kids think all my ancients are fake and cant understand how something that old can still look that good (Millennials, all.....sorry Millennials reading this!)....</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, I am curious of the thoughts of the denizens of this deep and dark coin realm![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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